Farmers face one of their biggest ever super levy challenges

The country is more than 7% over milk quota, and farmers face one of their biggest ever super levy challenges.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2014 - 01:00

This is no surprise, because going over quota seems to be encouraged by many in the industry for the past few years.

Here’s what I advised on this page in 2013.

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